Scholarship overview

  • Degree level

    Undergraduate

  • Value

    Full Tuition & £16,500 stipend per annum, up to 4 years

  • Number of awards

    1

  • Academic year

    2026/2027

  • Tuition fee status

    Overseas

  • Mode of study

    Full time

  • Available to

    Prospective students

  • Application deadline

    29/05/2026

  • Additional information

    student.funding@imperial.ac.uk

  • Available to applicants in the following departments

    • Chemical Engineering
    • Computing
    • Design Engineering
    • Mechanical Engineering

Eligibility criteria

To be eligible, candidates must have attained the conditions below by Friday, 29 May 2026:

  • Possess an Overseas fee status;
  • Being Bulgarian nationality;
  • Have an offer of admissions from the university to study a three-year or four-year full-time undergraduate course in the designated Departments or School listed below starting in autumn 2026-27;
    • Chemical Engineering
    • Computing
    • Dyson School of Design Engineering
    • Mechanical Engineering
  • Being educated at a state funded high school in Bulgaria; and
  • The household income of £70,000 or under per year

Please note: This scholarship is not available to continuing students.

Application process

There is no open application form. Qualified candidates will be invited to complete an online application in June 2026. 

In the application, you will be required to write and upload a personal statement in PDF format with the guidelines below:

  • Explain your personal situation and the barriers you have faced in continuing your education.
  • Provide some information about your family's financial income and circumstances that you would like to make us aware of, or would like us to take into consideration when assessing your financial need. 
  • Will you have other means to financially support yourself at Imperial other than this scholarship?
 

What happens next:

Qualified candidates who complete the application form will be ranked by the Faculty of Engineering based on their statement, together with their UCAS application. The successful candidates shall be notified by Friday 31 July 2026. If you have not heard from us by this date, please assume you have been unsuccessful in your application.

This award is for students starting in the academic year 2026/27 and cannot be deferred. All scholarships are awarded subject to students accepting award Terms and Conditions. Please note that the award is conditional upon you receiving an unconditional offer to study at Imperial by September 2026. Continuation of a Scholarship is subject to the Scholar maintaining satisfactory academic progress as defined by Imperial.

Contact

If you have any additional questions, please contact us at student.funding@imperial.ac.uk.